Belgium national under-21 football team

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Belgium Under-21
Nickname(s)	Young Devils
Association	Belgian Football Association
Head coach	Jean-François De Sart
Captain	Maarten Martens
Most caps	Maarten Martens (19)
Top scorer	Cédric Roussel (10 goals)
First kit 　 Second kit
First International U-23: : France 1-0 Belgium (Grenoble; October 13, 1974) U-21: France 1-1 Belgium (Amiens; September 3, 1976)
Biggest win Belgium 8-0 Luxembourg (Mechelen; June 3, 2007)
Biggest defeat Czech Republic 7-0 Belgium (April 24, 2001)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2002)
Best result	semi-finalists 2007

The Belgium national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

Contents 1 UEFA U-21 Championship record 2 Squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 2.1 Goalkeepers 2.2 Defenders 2.3 Midfielders 2.4 Forwards 3 See also 4 References and external links

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship record

• 1976: qualifying stage (U23)
• 1978: qualifying stage
• 1980: qualifying stage
• 1982: qualifying stage
• 1984: qualifying stage
• 1986: qualifying stage
• 1988: qualifying stage
• 1990: qualifying stage
• 1992: qualifying stage
• 1994: qualifying stage
• 1996: qualifying stage
• 1998: qualifying stage
• 2000: qualifying stage
• 2002: group stage
• 2004: qualifying stage
• 2006: qualifying stage
• 2007: 1/2 final

[edit] Squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

[edit] Goalkeepers

• Logan Bailly (KRC Genk)
• Frank Boeckx (Sint-Truidense VV)
• Michaël Cordier (FC Brussels)

[edit] Defenders

• Laurent Ciman (Charleroi SC)
• Steve Colpaert (FC Brussels)
• Sepp De Roover (Sparta Rotterdam)
• Guillaume Gillet (AA Gent)
• Nicolas Lombaerts (FC Zenit Saint Petersburg)
• Landry Mulemo (Sint-Truidense VV)
• Sebastien Pocognoli (Alkmaar)
• Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax)
• Jan Vertonghen (Ajax)

[edit] Midfielders

• Jonathan Blondel (Club Brugge K.V.)
• Marouane Fellaini (Standard Liège)
• Faris Haroun (KRC Genk)
• Maarten Martens (AZ)
• Killian Overmeire (KSC Lokeren)
• Anthony Vanden Borre (Fiorentina)
• Axel Witsel (Standard Liège)

[edit] Forwards

• Tom De Mul (Sevilla)
• Stijn De Smet (Cercle Brugge)
• Tom De Sutter (Cercle Brugge)
• Kevin Mirallas (Lille OSC)

[edit] See also

• Belgium national football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

[edit] References and external links

• UEFA Under-21 website, complete results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, full record of U-21 and U-23 Championships

Football in Belgium v • d • e
League competitions The FA Cup competitions and awards Jupiler League Belgium U-21 Youth Cup Second division Women Supercup Third division (A, B) List of clubs Golden Shoe Promotion (A, B, C, D) List of venues Professional football awards
National under-21 football teams of Europe (UEFA) v • d • e
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European Under-21 Championship v • d • e
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